WAY OUT THERE
(Bob Nolan)
Sons Of The Pioneers - 1936
Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers - 1936
The Callahan Brothers - 1936
The Hall Brothers - 1937
Tex Dunn & The Arizona Cowboys - 1937
Riley Pucket - 1939
Bill Boyd - 1947
Pete Seeger - 1963
Hank Snow - 1963
Cisco Houston - 1968
Tex Walker - 1970
Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie - 1975
Marty Robbins - 1976
Cascade Country - 1976
The Highwoods String Band - 1978
The Bluegrass Cardinals - 1983
Sons of the San Joaquin - 1991
Craig Duncan - 1999
Riders of the Purple Sage - 2000
Riders In The Sky - 2003
Also recorded by:
Gene Parsons; Bob Wills; Mary McCashlin;
Seamus Kennedy........and others.
(Way out there)
A lonely spot I know where no man will go
Where the shadows have all the room
I was ridin' free on that old SP
Humming a southern tune
When a man came along made me hush my song
Kicked me off away out there
As she pulled out of sight, I turned to the right
The left and ev'rywhere
But all I could see was a cactus tree
And a prairie dog playin' there
I watched the prairie dog feed on the tumbleweed
That's his home away out there
(Piano Solo)
So I threw down my load in the desert road
Rested my weary legs, too
I watched the sinkin' sun make the tall shadows run
Out across that barren plain
Then I hummed a tune to the risin' moon
He gets lonesome way out there
So I closed my eyes to the starlit skies
And lost myself in dreams
I dreamed the desert sand was a milk-and-honey land
Then I awoke with a start
There's a train comin' back on the one-way track
Goin' to take me away from here
(Guitar Solo)
As she was passin' by, I caught her on the fly
Climbed in an open door
Then I turned around to that desert ground
Saw the spot I would see no more
As I was ridin' away I heard the pale moon say
"Farewell pal, it sure gets lonesome here"
(Way out here)
(Transcribed from the Hank Snow
recording by Mel Priddle - May 2010)